Winnipeg police are investigating the city’s 23rd homicide after a man died from his injuries following an overnight fight in the North End.

Police say they were called to a scene in the 100 block of Charles walk just after 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning after a report came in of an injured person in a field near David Livingston School.

When officers arrived they found two men suffering from serious injuries, with one man unconscious and not breathing. Police began giving that man CPR until paramedics arrived. The other man was suffering from serious injuries.

Both men were rushed to hospital in critical condition, and one of the men died shortly after arriving. The other man remains in hospital.

On Wednesday afternoon, Carver said police had a number of people at their downtown headquarters, but couldn’t speak to whether they were witnesses or suspects.

Carver said firearms were not involved in the incident.

“I can confirm that is not part of our investigation, that we have no indication that there were firearms involved or that gunshots were heard,” Carver said

Carver said the scene “moved toward a residence” and that part of the investigation is unfolding at that undisclosed location as well.

Police were mum on details on Wednesday afternoon. Carver said that police have to find a balance when it comes to divulging information to the public and not jeopardizing an ongoing investigation.

“It’s by a school, it’s in a residential neighbourhood, people that who are there and don’t know what is going on are anxious, and rightly so, to find out what is going on,” Carver said. “But we have to balance our ability to properly investigate this with the needs of people who have a right to know what has happened there.”

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